[bjcintennessee]

Read later.

[trustandobey]

Praying for Rush and Marta, get well and come back soon, I already miss you.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Rush takes responsibility, claims he is not a victim, asks for prayers.

PRAYERS FOR RUSH
from Recovering_Democrat

[Tai_Chung]

Did he make a deal for rehab to avoid prosecution in Florida?

[conservativecorner]

God bless the Maha-Rushie!!

[Vision]

God Speed Rush

[moodyskeptic]

Rush asked for prayers, no problem, I can do that.
For helping the cause of creating a stronger nation, he deserves our good wishes. Me, it's the LEAST I can do for a great American. I owe him plenty. Perhaps my very sanity.

Rush put to rest the lie that Republicans are hateful, angry zealots with no sense of humor.

God Bless you, Rush... get well.

[rs79bm]

Wow..I feel incredibly sad for Rush, he was obviously in a lot of pain from back surgury in the late 90's. May all our prayers be with him and rejoice the day he gets back behind the EIB microphone!

[cake_crumb]

He admitted he's addicted to painkillers. I could have been an addict myself if I hadn't had small children.

The allegations of illegally buying the drugs: probably true.

He asks for our prayers. This man has been there for us for over a decade, and I for one will be there for him. I'm adding him to my prayers. Let's not let the left morally relativize this.

[punster]

We should remember that sometimes people are on very long term use of pain killers for chronic, intractable, pain. Some of the drugs used include morphine, percodan, oxycontin, demerol, etc.

Sure, there is a danger of addiction. However, if they do not take the pain killer, they pain will eventually kill them. Furthermore, in this case, the patients are able to live productive lives.

This is in contrast to the recreational drug addict, some of them are using the drugs as an escape.

[rdb3]

Damn. Praying for the best.

[soozla]

God helps those that help themselves....and it takes a bigger man to admit to faults than it ever could to LIE about them.........Rush, may your faith, family, friends and your own strength get you through this now.

I'll ALWAYS admire the guy.....I am a "hugh" fan!!!!

[machman]

Damn.

I knew there was something to the story.

My Dad, who was a doctor himself, was in a horrible car accident before I was even born, he couldn't even walk for a couple of years. Although I was never told directly, I have assumed that he got addicted to pain killers for a couple of years afterwards just by some things that were said later. He lived in constant pain for over 40 years, I just don't know how. He ended up taking large amounts of arthritis type drugs later in life which was not good either. Chronic pain is something I wish on nobody.

I just want to know how Rush played golf with all these back problems.

[Bobalu]

Many people that I admire hold views on things like drugs that I find incomprehensible.

The founding fathers would have laughed at the notion of outlawing medicinal substances..

We still live in the age of prohibition... it is like a warped religion. I don't think it is the proper role of government to protect us from ourselves... no alcohol, no fat food, no recreational drugs, no motorcycle riding without a helmet...etc etc ad infinitum.

This headlong rush to make all human frailties a crime is so misguided... now car accidents are routinely looked at as crimes requiring jail time...this is bizarre!
The current story about 2 rich young guys driving around in a Ferrari at 80mph is a case in point... a wreck occurs and now the survivor is probably going to jail :-(

I don't like living in a world where 2 young rich guys are at risk of a long jail term for driving a bit fast in a Ferrari...

Land of the free indeed :-/

Rush is in my prayers... I hope that he is alright... this revelation about his problems may have saved his life...

[evets]

Thank God that Rush's houskeeper got busted!

This is his chance to recover! (May have saved his life!)

God please comfort and heal Rush.

[novacation]

The dirty scum dems are going to be all over Rush like they were over Ahnold. IT WILL GET THEM NO TRACTION.

[theDentist]

A side note; Whenever he takes a vacation, something tends to hit the fan. With that in mind, the next month may be a bit bumpy.

[NonValueAdded]

Imagine if we all had to face our problems in front of the nation? Consider that. There but for the grace of God ... Prayers for the strength to overcome and return back to us.

Watch who takes advantage of this to tear down the messenger thinking that such a character assassination will kill the message. Think again ...

[Rockitz]

In my prayers, big guy!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...RUSH's Top words of wisdom today was to ask us all what a Democrat Media that personally attacked a Guberntorial Candidate ARNOLD in California late in a Recall Campaign...

...would do to give us the wrong picture of our success in Iraq in Time of War..?